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5 unusual facts about Sebastian of Portugal


Antiochus III the Great

The play was originally about Sebastian of Portugal surviving the Battle of Alcazar and returning, trying to gather support to return to the throne.

João Cutileiro

He's also the author of several pieces of modern public sculpture, being the most famous, his statue of Sebastian of Portugal, inaugurated in 1973, in Lagos.

Juan de Borja y Castro

There he worked as an intermediary between the court of Sebastian of Portugal with Margaret of Valois.

Mazagaon

Notwithstanding their claim, in 1572 King Sebastian of Portugal granted the island in perpetuity to the de Souza e Lima family, from whom the D'Souzas of Mumbai trace their descent.

Pedro Nunes

Years later Nunes was also charged with the education of the king's grandson, and future king, Sebastian.


Febo Moniz

Fidalgo, he fulfilled offices in the Paço and was Semilher do Corpo or Semilher de Corpus and a valet of King Sebastian of Portugal and his Major Chamberlain and Gentleman of his Chamber.

Francisco de Portugal, 3rd Count of Vimioso

As his first official position, he was appointed special ambassador to Madrid (1574) in order to negotiate the marriage of King Sebastian of Portugal to Princess Maximiliana of Bavaria (daughter of Duke Albert V of Bavaria), but the mission failed.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbra

Among the more famous bishops have been Pedro (1300), chancellor of King Dinis, and Manuel de Menezes (1573–78), rector of the University of Coimbra, who fell with King Sebastian on the Battle of Alcácer Quibir.


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